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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about East Barnard (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for East Barnard. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for East Barnard ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Barnard: E. Barnard
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
East Barnard is located in Windsor County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Windsor County: Grafton (NH), Sullivan (NH), Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland & Windham.
Below are the counties that are near East Barnard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Barnard:
- Windsor County (The home county of East Barnard)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Pomfret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
- Barnard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Barnard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- South Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Pomfret
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Prosper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prosper is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gaysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Granville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Granville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ripton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ripton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Leicester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leicester is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Ripton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- South Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Tunbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Strafford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Strafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Strafford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- East Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Randolph Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- North Randolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Killington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Pittsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Killington Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Telemark Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- West Bridgewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Pittsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Mendon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Chittenden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chittenden is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Chittenden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Pittsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Pittsford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittsford
- Mendon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Roxbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Roxbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Northfield Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Northfield Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Graniteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Northfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Websterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Northfield Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Northfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
- South Barre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warren is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,667 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Hanover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Meadow Brook Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
- Mascoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Enfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lyme Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Lower Shaker Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Montcalm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Meriden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Cornish City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- South Cornish
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- North Grantham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Grantham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Croydon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Croydon Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Barnard, see our County-by-County Page for East Barnard.
Cemeteries Near East Barnard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Barnard.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for East Barnard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Barnard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- East Barnard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Broad Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Burns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hewittville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis - Ashley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Perkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Road - Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Village - Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (458 more) ...
- Hickey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Royalton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Barnard had a population of 75 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Barnard, with the one closest to East Barnard listed first.
- Barnard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pomfret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- North Pomfret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pomfret
- Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- South Pomfret
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Hartford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Hartford is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
- South Tunbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunbridge
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Taftsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- Gaysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Barnard. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Barnard.
Newspapers Published in East Barnard ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Barnard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Barnard, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Barnard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to East Barnard:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Washington County
- Grafton County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East Barnard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Barnard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |